On Sunday, Oct. 31, the Manchester Symphony Orchestra will perform works
of three of the 19th century’s most-acclaimed composers: Ludwig van
Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak and Felix Mendelssohn. Featured artists will
be concert pianist Winston Choi a doctoral student at Northwestern
University, and violinist Minghuan Xu, a doctoral student at SUNY-Stony
Brook University.

The celebration of classical music will begin at 3 p.m. Oct. 31 in
Cordier Auditorium on the Manchester College campus. Tickets are $5 at
the door.

The music, at the baton of Music Director Suzanne Gindin, will present
Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, and, to mark the 100th
anniversary of Dvorak’s death, the community orchestra will showcase
Czech Suite. The concert will end with Mendelssohn’s Concerto in
D minor, which he wrote at the age of 14.

Pianist Winston Choi, a Canadian, has received praise as one of today’s
most dynamic young concert artists. He is known as a master at
understanding and performing the works of living composers. Xu, a
native of Beijing, China, has played the violin since the age of 5 and
has performed extensively in the concert circuit. She is known in the
United States and China for her passion and technique.

The 50-member MSO is comprised of community residents and Manchester
College faculty, students and staff. For more about the MSO, visit its
web site at
http://mso.manchester.edu